La patrie en danger

Along with the levée en masse declared the next year, it was part of the growing idea of "people's war" which developed during the French Revolution, where ideology "not only conscripted manpower for the regular armies but also inspired ordinary people to fight on their own account.

May those who will obtain the honor of marching first to defend what is most dear to them always remember that they are French and free; may their fellow citizens maintain the security of people and property in their homes; may the magistrates of the people watch attentively; may all, in calm courage, the attribute of true strength, wait for the signal of the law to act, and the fatherland will be saved.

[2][a]According to Albert Soboul, the announcement of the fatherland in danger led to the unification of citizens at a time when their interests were jeopardized and intensified their participation both in political life and in military events.

[7] At the same time, the success of the declaration of 1792 was closely linked with the then prevailing revolutionary moods in French society.

In 1799, an attempt to adopt a similar declaration in the face of military defeats in the War of the Second Coalition did not end there.